Medical Assistant Program Chair (342-139)

The Medical Assistant Program Chair assumes responsibility for the entire Medical Assistant program.  Duties include overseeing the design, development, and assessment of program curricula; scheduling and staffing classes; hiring, training, mentoring, and evaluating program instructors; recommending the purchasing of supplies and equipment; assisting with the coordination of externship sites, including student placement and performance assessment; developing community contacts and chairing advisory board meetings; teaching program courses as needed according to specified learning outcomes; academic advising and career related counseling for students; monitoring student retention and identifying and assist at-risk students; maintaining competency and currency in medical assisting and healthcare research, trends, issues, and practices, including effective teaching strategies and assessment methods; and providing support for program and institutional initiatives.

• Oversee the design, development, revision, and assessment of Medical Assistant curricula, including course objectives, instructional methods, learning outcomes, projects, and assessment measures.       
• Actively engage in retention activities including documented communication with both students and administration regarding attendance and progress.      
• Assist students with course registration and academic advice, and mentor instructors on effective academic counseling techniques.        
• Address student concerns in a timely manner.         
• Hire, train, mentor, and evaluate instructors; and maintain the continuity and relevance of the program curriculum by meeting regularly with the instructors.         
• Recommend program equipment, supplies, library materials, textbooks, and other items for purchase and use; monitor the safety and quality of instructional materials.        
• Assist the Clinical Coordinator with the establishment and coordination of externship sites; monitor student placement and performance at externship sites.        
• Provide annual documentation of continuing professional growth in educational theory or techniques and in one’s field; instruction in educational theory or techniques may include such things as college courses, seminars or in-service on topics such as learning theory, curriculum design, test construction, teaching methodology, or assessment techniques.      
• Attend regularly scheduled program meetings, academic in-service workshops, and college-wide faculty meetings.      
• Chair Medical Assistant advisory board meetings at least twice a year, and develop community contacts that can assist with job placement, externship site set-up, community involvement, and/or student orientation.       
• Manage special projects as formally assigned by the Director of Education (including, but not limited to new student orientation programs and open houses, assistance with accreditation preparation, campus events, and supervision of staff).
• Adhere to and publicly support academic policies and procedures, including but not limited to the faculty handbook and catalog.